North Carolina State University
2011-2012 Graduating Senior Survey
Department of Microbiology

INSTRUCTIONS:

The Department of Microbiology is very interested in your opinions, and believes that as a graduating senior you can provide it with useful information to help evaluate and improve its program. We appreciate you taking the time to answer these questions.

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1. As you think back over your academic experiences as a major or co-major in Microbiology, how satisfied are you with the education you have gained in this program?
Very Satisfied
Moderately satisfied
Moderately dissatisfied
Very dissatisfied
No opinion

2. What ways of communicating did the department utilize while you were a student that you found most helpful? (Mark all that apply)
Pack Portal
Email
Talking to faculty
Clubs
Other (please specify)

3. How helpful was your academic advising?
Very helpful
Somewhat helpful
Not very helpful
Not at all helpful
No opinion

4. How could the Microbiology department improve its academic advising?

5. Did you transfer to Microbiology from another major?
Yes (answer questions 5a-5b)
No (mark your response then skip to question 6)

6. Please rate how important each of the following Microbiology classes were in your education.	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not applicable: course not taken
a. MB 103 - Introductory Topics in Microbiology	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
b. MB 320 - Fundamentals of Microbial Cell Culture	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
c. MB 325 - Fundamentals of Microbial Cell Biotransformations	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
d. MB 351 - General Microbiology	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
e. MB 352 - General Microbiology Laboratory	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
f. MB 405 - Food Microbiology	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
g. MB 406 - Food Microbiology Lab	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
h. MB 411 - Medical Microbiology	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken

	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not applicable: course not taken
i. MB 412 - Medical Microbiology Laboratory	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
j. MB 414 - Microbial Metabolic Regulation	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
k. MB 420 - Fundamentals of Microbial Cell Biotransformations	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
l. MB 441 - Immunology	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
m. MB 451 - Microbial Diversity	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
n. MB 455 - Microbial Biotechnology	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
o. MB 461 - Introduction to Molecular Virology	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
p. MB 490 - Seminar in Microbiology	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
q. MB 492 - External Learning Experience	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
r. MB 493 - Special Problems in Microbiology	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken

7. Please rate how important each of the following non-Microbiology classes were in your education.	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not applicable: course not taken
a. ALS 103 - Introductory Topics in Agriculture and Life Sciences	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
b. ENG 333 - Communication in Science and Research	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
c. MA 131/231 - Calculus I and II	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
d. CH 101/102 - General Chemistry (and lab)	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
e. CH 201/202 - Quantitative Chemistry (and lab)	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
f. CH 221/223 - Organic Chemistry I and II	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
g. PY 211/212 - Physics I and II	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
h. BIO 181/183 - Introductory Biology I and II	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken

	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not applicable: course not taken
i. GN 411 - Principles of Genetics	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
j. GN 412 - Elementary Genetics Lab	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
k. BCH 451 - Principles of Biochemistry	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
l. BCH 452 - Introductory Biochemistry Lab	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
m. BIT 360 or 410 - Manipulation of Recombinant DNA	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
n. PB or ZO 414 - Cell Biology	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken
o. PB or ZO 421 - Principles of Physiology	Very important	Important	Moderately important	Of limited importance	Not important	No opinion	Not Applicable: course not taken

8. As you think back on the Microbiology courses you took, is there one in particular that has really made a difference for you? If so, can you explain how or why?

9. As you think about courses outside of Microbiology, is there one in particular that has really made a difference for you? If so, can you explain how or why?

10. Are there any areas not covered by major courses that you feel are important or any subjects that you would have been interested in learning more about?

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